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The government reportedly pays Geek Squad technicians to dig through your PC

Patrizio, Andy

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2017

Network World

The Orange County Weekly reports that the company's repair technicians routinely search devices brought in for repair for files that could earn them $500 reward as FBI informants. That, ladies and gen...